The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-11

armory was Major Tobeys Gattling gun, placed
so that it entirely commands the entr ance
| Along the south wall were placed the remaining
| guns of the battery, all in perfect order. and
| ready for service at moments notice
| Mayor Roche a counselor at conference
held this evening by Superintendent of Police
Ebersold. Inspector Bonfeld. Lieutenant Steele
and Captains Setback, O'Donnel Buckley,
Lewis and Hathaway. The feeling was that
there would be no trouble unless it springs from
! unforeseen causes. Chief OF Police Washb burn,
of the town of Lake, Sheriff Matson
visited the chief after the conference.
81 do not intend to tell just how l have
ordered the police stationed to-morrow. said
Chief Eoersold. In the first place, anticipate
no trouble. / am sure there will be none. unless
IL arises from accident; but if anything
should occur, my men will be in position to
meet IT. have positive information that there
will be no organized efforts of persons riotously
inclined"
Chief Ebersold said: IA line of police, armed
with rifles. thrown around the block imm ediate-
~ surrounding the Jail. would prevent the ap-
proach of any crowds to the jail Ten COMPANIES
of twenty-six men EACH all bearing rifles, will
be posted about the jail and the streets
in the vicity all under command of Captain
George Hubbard of the central detail. Squads
from the companies will do guard duty at the
entrances to the Jail and Criminal Court build
ing At the central station. the Harrison
street, West Twelfth-street, Desplaines- street,
West Chicago avenue and East Chicago avenue
stations companies VIII be held in reserve,
while company will be left at each of the
fifteen sub-stations
Preparations at the Federal Building.
Chicago Times.
Whether the occupants of the federal building
suspect that the Anarchists have designs on
them by reason of their connection with the ma
tional government, whether they are moved
simply by desire to be ready for a possible
emergency, certain it is that the building IS
being rapidly turned into fort. The war-like
preparations have been going on quietly for
several days under the direction and supervision
of custodian Stone There seems to be the
greatest care taken to preserve secrecy in all
these movements, and it is fact that only a
very few of the employees in the postofice aud
other departments are aware that anything I'M
usual has been going on. The Jackson street
entrance closed yesterday. the great iron
doors being folded and securely fastened, to De
opened no more until after the day of the execu-
ton. The south elevator is CLOSED for repairs"
and the lobby at that end of the building, never
much used by the public at any time, is now
occupied only by couple OF watchmep.
But the preparations have gone much further
than this. Hidden away in secluded n ok in
this portion of the structure a deadly Calling
gum ready to be out at a moments notice
and trained approaching mob. WInches-
ter rifles in sufficient numbers to arm a hundred
men are also stored there These, together with
several boxes of ammunition, were received from
the military arsenal at Rock Island yesterday,
and carefully put away where nobody will be
likely to them until the time comes to use
them or they are shipped back to the arsenal.
It could not be learned whether it is the inten-
ton stat ion body of regulars in the build
ing to morrow or whether the fire arms to be
used, if occasion requires by volunteers. The
whole movement is understood to have grown
out of a request made to the custodian by
Mr.. Heay, the assistant United States treasu-
Ter, to provide some sort of protection for the
money in his vaults. Mr.. Healy Is responsible
of Uncle Sans funds and is under
heavy bonds to the government. In the
event of mob-law gaining temporary control of
Chicago it might occur to the mob to make
attack the vaults of the subtreasury, and it is
for just such possible event this that the
sistant treasurer wants to be prepared The
department at Washington concurred in the
plan, and authorized Mr.. Stone to carry it out,
as his actions in the premises indicate. Among
the other precautions taken is that of requiring
the regular watchmen In the postoffice to do ex-
ira duty. Two of the whose hours
duty all night, making a double force after IL
o'clock This will be continued the rest Of the
week. The doors on the Clark and Dearborn
street sides now locked several hours earlier
than usual each evening and the iron window
shutters are all carefully closed and fastened
soon after pightfall
In the meantime a sharp lookout is kept for
dynamite bombs. Tom Hand the veteran watch
man at the custom house. found piece of gas
pipe about two feet long in one of the corridors
yesterday. 1t was apparently stuffed with tow,
a portion of which protruded from end like
a fuse. Tom took it to Deputy Collector Hit,
and it was carefully examined by the officials
and employees. No able to determine
whether it was q bomb rot, and it was laid
away Tor future reference.